Thanks Devin, that sounds like the way to go. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Devin Asay <devin_a...@byu.edu> wrote: > Pete, > > Why not just create the various states of your arrow graphic and import > snapshots of the various states as images: > > import snapshot from grc "arrow" [with effects] > > Then just hide them and assign the images as icon states of a button. Then > you don't have to manage the look of your graphic in your scripting. I do > this all the time and it works great. > > HTH > > Devin > > On Nov 9, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Pete wrote: > > > The graphic is interactive since I'm using it as a button (with a mouseUp > > handler). I guss drwaing a graphic was just a convenient way of creating > > an arrow without searching around for an icon to use as a button icon. > > > > Right now, I'm changing the blendlevel of the graphic to 50 when I > disable > > it, then back to 0 when it's enabled again. That gives the right visual > > effect and preserves the color. > > > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > > > > > > 2011/11/9 Björnke von Gierke <b...@mac.com> > > > >> I suggest not to disable graphics. Unless they're interactive to begin > >> with, disabling them is kinda pointless. Instead change the > foregroundcolor > >> to a grey. > >> > >> put "100,100,100" into theGrey > >> set the foregroundcolor of graphic "myArrow" to theGrey > >> > >> On 9 Nov 2011, at 04:12, Pete wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Craig, good to know it's not just me! > >>> > >>> Pete > >>> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Pete. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Interesting. Adding color seems to disable, er, disabling. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Why not store the color in a custom property, and when you disable the > >>>> graphic, clear the color as well, restoring it when you re-enable. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Craig Newman > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> > >>>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >>>> Sent: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 11:50 am > >>>> Subject: Color of a graphic > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I set up a line with an arrow at the end as a graphic. If I disable > >> it, it > >>>> shows up grey. If I change the color of it (the text/border color), > the > >>>> color doesn't change when I disable it. > >>>> > >>>> I can change the blendlevel to make it appear disabled but is there > some > >>>> other property to make it appear disabled visually? > >>>> > >>>> Pete > >>>> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>>> subscription > >>>> preferences: > >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>>> subscription preferences: > >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Watch live presentations every Saturday: > >> http://livecode.tv > >> > >> Use an alternative Dictionary viewer: > >> http://bjoernke.com/bvgdocu/ > >> > >> Chat with other RunRev developers: > >> http://bjoernke.com/chatrev/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > Devin Asay > Humanities Technology and Research Support Center > Brigham Young University > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode